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I woke up this morning and it feels like I have either a chest or head cold coming on.  I didn’t really have much of an appetite, but since I am diabetic, I have to eat.  1/4 cup dry oats, 1/4 cup hot water, mixed that together and put 6 ounces of Fage 0% with 1 ounce of my cranberry granola. So I am handing...

We had to return the second season of Dexter to Blockbuster, and Hannah is always up for a night drive – can’t believe she’s had her drivers license for almost a year now!  So as I was leaving, I asked Tony if he needed anything and he said “if you happen to run into some fried rice, I’d be okay with that!”    Congrats to Melissa...

So Hannah has written her winner story below, but I am not going to read it until I publish it.   I want it to be all her words! So the other night I made really good pork chops and I had two remaining pork chops I needed to cook up.  Now, mind you, they have been in brine since I made that recipe.  The result? ...

I went home for lunch today mainly because I woke up too late this morning to plan my lunch!  It’s nice to see Tony too though! I found these noodles in the refrigerated section where you find the wonton wrappers.   They were really good!  And one cup only comes in at 210 calories.  Just boil water, add for three minutes, STIR (very important step otherwise...

I had a late entry, so Hannah will decide who the winner is when she gets home from school today!   Also, if I have not included someone, please let me know! So I lost .8 pounds last week to bring me to an even 163 pounds.   I’ll take it!  But can someone please light a fire under my a$$ to workout more!  Thanks! Breakfast was...

Tony was watching America’s Test Kitchens on our local PBS station yesterday morning, and as soon as he saw this recipe, he shouted “you have to make this!”  In order to get the recipe though, we had to do a 14 day free trial at www.cooksillustrated.com (I left myself a reminder to cancel, otherwise I’ll get charged $14.95!)  But boy the hassle of getting the...

So Hannah and I had a couple errands to run.  I wanted to stop by Tuesday Morning and look for bathroom and kitchen rugs, and then hit Trader Joe’s for a few things.  I knew I would be right by Kobe East, that has really good sushi.  I had Tony write up his list of what he wanted, fatty tuna being his favorite.  Hannah was...

Mel over at A Taste of Life has dubbed me a “cool mom!”  She and her significant other “J” sent me a package of yummies!  And then they gave me seasoned peanuts – I opened the lime and salt ones immediately – SO GOOD! So at Aldi yesterday, I wondered over to the cheeses, and I found this interesting one: So I knew that somehow this would...

My daughter is the bread lover in our family.  Wait, I take that back.  We are the bread lovers of our family!  While Tony can low carb and not touch a piece of bread for months, Hannah and I immediately go through withdrawal if we don’t get our fix.  You can’t get much easier than this.   This recipe is from “Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a...

So just when the dirty snow starts to melt, Mother Nature decided that we needed another deep freeze this weekend!  The air temp is 8 degrees and with the wind, well below zero. But I had a sunny breakfast!   1/2 Sara Lee whole wheat bagel with a schmere of smart balance, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons of peppers, 1/2 ounce Mexican cheese and 3 ounces of...